Photo: Red Castle · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 96% of Canadian towns: half of Lamèque is over 56
Residents with no religion: 1.9% here and 35% across Canada’s towns. Fewer children under 15 than in 95% of Canadian towns: 10%. Statistics Canada puts Lamèque’s population at 1,392 for July 2025. For Lamèque, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 7%.
What stands out about the people of Lamèque
A French-speaking community
French is the mother tongue of 96% of residents, more than in 95% of Canadian towns. 32% can speak English and French, and 96% use French most at home. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Lamèque’s residents are under 56 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 35% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Lamèque ranks above 95% of Canadian towns on residents whose mother tongue is French: 96%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Lamèque, 32%. Set beside that, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
Since 2016, Lamèque has changed by +1%, slower than 70% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 7%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, +3%.
35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Lamèque has 8.1%. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, Lamèque has 34%. 9.6% of households are one-parent families.
More common-law partners than 77% of Canadian towns: 15%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 30% of adults, against a typical 27%. On average, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
In Lamèque, 77% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Older homes outnumber new: 25% predate 1961, 7.8% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
A median household income of $61,600 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $61,600, the middle household in Lamèque earned 28% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For New Brunswick’s towns, the median household income is $73,300. In 2020, 26% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
0% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Where 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, Lamèque has 1.9%. Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Lamèque: 6.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 78% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 1.9% said none and 98% Christian (Canada’s towns: 35% and 54%). Across Canada’s towns, Indigenous residents come to 2.8%.
Lamèque ranks below 96% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 10%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 26% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
53% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
53% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 35% are 65 or more.
1 of the 4 nearest towns are older than Lamèque
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamèque | 1,392 | — | 56 | 35% | 0% |
| Shippagan | 4,721 | 2.5 km | 54.8 | 29% | 0.4% |
| Shippagan | 3,073 | 10.4 km | 51.2 | 28% | 1.4% |
| Bas-Caraquet | 1,391 | 15.2 km | 58 | 34% | 0.8% |
| Caraquet | 1,263 | 17.2 km | 55.6 | 30% | 0.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across New Brunswick’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Lamèque’s residents
What religion are people in Lamèque?
98% are Christian and 1.9% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
Is Lamèque good for families?
Under 15: 10% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 46% of households. One-parent families: 9.6%. Schools near Lamèque are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lamèque?
The median household in Lamèque took in $61,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lamèque?
Lamèque had about 1,392 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,301, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lamèque?
A median age of 56. Children under 15 make up 10%, and people 65 and over 35%.
Is Lamèque bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 32% are. Another 67% speak only French and 0.8% only English, and French is the first language of 96%.
How diverse is Lamèque?
0% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.9% belong to a visible minority and 6.6% have an Indigenous identity.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).